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1/ I just stopped reading the book Atomic Habits after page 15. Why? Well, in the first chapter a narrative is pumped up about how the British Cycling team was turned around with a coach that instilled tiny 1% improvements/habits sprinkled here and there that added up
2/ to something much bigger: An unprecedented streak of wins over the past decade. Then you see the asterix at the bottom of the page: "As this book was going to print, new information about the British Cycling team has come out. You can see my thoughts at
3/ http://atomichabits.com/cycling ." First thought was "yep...drugs". I go there, and to paraphrase- "yep, drugs..but the chapter isn't about that anyway lol". So basically, the narrative is destroyed, but rather than fixing the book, you'll instead put a footnote in that you hope
4/ most readers will ignore. And then you'll still parade this narrative around well after publication. That's shameless. So this book goes on top of a growing pile of books I regret buying, and they all seem to revolve around the same thing: Telling stories >> evidence.
5/ I have learned at least that a good starting point to increase your chances of not wasting your time/money on book purchases is to get books from actual experts in the field. Seems like a no-brainer but man... all those non-expert books that tell stories are so popular.
6/ I wonder if anybody has other methods of wading through this mess and not winding up quiting/getting rid of as many books as I have....
You made the right decision, it took me 1/4 of book before I gave up...
Apparently it gets pretty repetitive too...
Same story here .Got through about 1/3 of book before abandoning it.A method which I use and has been effective is if there is less narrative more facts from a real expert it’s worth consuming the book other wise just another interesting story with no learnings.
Yeah that's my same approach as to whether or not I quit early: Heavy reliance on narratives gets annoying to me real quick.
I forced myself to get through that book, but was jaded the entire time. The only habit I learned was that most self help books aren't worth killing trees to print
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